According to economist Stephen Moore, Obamacare has fueled an industry of “charities” who promote ever-more regulation of health care and ever-more tax dollars. These lobby groups include the American Medical Association, the AARP, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association. “If you are donating money to any of these groups, you might want …
August 2017 archive
Aug 13
A whistle blower has come forward with information about N.O.A.A.’s faked temperature “study”
Government-funded “climate science” is a domain of shoddy, politicized research and claims, mostly aimed at helping governments build their cases for demanding more power, money and control. Here is a recent lecture about the astounding revelations by retiring N.O.A.A. whistleblower Dr. John Bates. Bates had a 40-year career in meteorology & climate science at NOAA, …
Aug 12
“Despotism and Defiance” Symposium Moved to Monday, August 14 in front of Las Vegas Federal Courthouse
Lysander Spooner University’s “Despotism and Defiance” Symposium was scheduled for Saturday, August 12 at “Camp Liberty” in downtown Las Vegas. However, yesterday, on August 11, Las Vegas police arrived in massive numbers at the location and demanded that the venue be closed due to “code violations.” People at Camp Liberty were unlawfully detained and told …
Aug 09
Venezuelan minimum wage was raised 108,000 % in 20 years, yet today, “Anyone in Venezuela would be happy to eat out of American trashcans”
Venezuelan economist Raefael Acevedo recently addressed the Mises Institute. See here. Between 1999 and 2017, said Acevedo, the Venezuelan minimum wage was raised 38 times: a 108,000 % increase. Yet “[a]nyone in Venezuela would be happy to eat out of American trashcans.”
Aug 09
America’s government-approved education system increasingly produces illiterate citizens
The great Professor Walter E. Williams has authored a startling column: “Is College Education Worth It?” “According to the National Conference of State Legislatures . . . studies have found anywhere from 28 percent to 40 percent of students enroll in at least one remedial course” upon entering college. “Only 25 percent of students who …
Aug 08
Spanish government (upon orders of Turkish government) arrests journalist for “terrorism”
Every government that ever existed has sought to equate dissent and criticism with terrorism or treason. Untold thousands of humans have been arrested, subjected to mock trials, and/or executed for saying or writing things which their masters in government did not like. Throughout European history, thousands were burned at the stake, hanged or tortured for …
Aug 07
Andrea Parker confirmed as speaker at upcoming symposium
Lysander Spooner University’s upcoming “Despotism and Defiance” Symposium in downtown Las Vegas will feature a nationally recognized speaker and criminal justice lecturer: Andrea Parker. Andrea Parker is the wife of Eric Parker, accused defendant in the Bunkerville (Bundy conspiracy retrial) case currently under way at the Las Vegas federal courthouse. Andrea Parker has previously lectured …
Aug 05
Pro-government extremist site “Salon.com” cannot pay its rent
U.S. government agencies such as the FBI and CIA have been secretly funding pro-government “journalists” for years. But when government subsidies are stripped, pro-government media “news” sources frequently have trouble paying their bills. Here is a new report that the pro-government extremist news and commentary site “Salon.com” cannot pay its rent. Salon.com pushes a steady …
Aug 03
Government policies create shortage of primary care doctors
A free market in health care would immediately produce high quality medical goods and services at prices so low that even the poorest Americans could afford them without insurance. But our masters in government have long imposed a slave-plantation level of control and regulation on the industry. Becoming a doctor requires as much as $400,000 …
Aug 02
New Speakers Announced for August 12 Symposium
Amazing roster of speakers and lecturers for Lysander Spooner University’s “Despotism and Defiance” Conference. Saturday, August 12, Las Vegas, Nevada downtown, 1217 S. 4th Street, just north of the Stratosphere at “Camp Liberty.” Nationally recognized researchers and activists will discuss current threats to American liberty. $7 at the door appreciated. Maureen Peltier, army veteran turned …
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